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Jtoaps and Jarts. . I ? Track laying on the Texas Pacific Rail- j road, is progressing at the rate of 4,000 feet; per day. When completed to El Paso, the the road will form aline of 1,014 miles in length. ? The real estate transfers in New York city, one day last week, aggregated nearly - three million dollars, which the Herald re- i gards as an evidence of a general and powerful awakening to the prospective value of property in that city. ? The shipment of postal cards from the Holyoke, Mass., agency are larger than at this time last year, and the total number ordered since January 1, exceeds the order ol the same period'in 1879 by about 10,000,000. ? The last grand jury of Telfair county, Ga., recommended that their next representative and senator use their influence in securing the passage of a bill by the Legislature fixing the liquor liceuse in that county at 85,000 a year. ? An autograph letter of George Washington is shown at the Nashville Centennial. The letter was written on March 14,1793, to Governor William Moultrie, of South Carolina, decliuing to lend several field pieces to the militia of that State. ? The Legislature of Massachusetts has placed 8250 with Gov. Long, of that State, for the purpose of identifying Massachusetts with the memorial column proposed tc be erected by South Carolina on the battle-field of the Cowpens. The battle was fought Janury 17,1781. ? The balance of assets of the Southern Life Insurance Company, at Memphis, which became insolvent several years ago, were sold at auction recently for a very small sum. There were six-thousand creditors, nearly half of whom had proved up their claims, amounting to $1,500,000. They will realize perhaps three per cent. ? Senator Hampton has obtained the consent of the Senate to recommit to the military committee the House resolution which provides for a bronze statue, heroic, size, of General Daniel Morgan, the hero of Cowpens, as a contribution from the people of the Union to the celebration in honor of the hero of Cowpens. ? During the month of April, 46,118 im * .1 r<\ ? XT I migrants arnveu at uasue uaraen, ixew York, being the largest number ever landed in one month On Wednesday of last week, six ocean steamers arrived, bringing 3,368, from all parts of Europe. From Glasgow came 499, from Antwerp 926, from Bremen 474, from Liverpool 880, from B#istol 33, and from London 574. ? Intelligence from different sections of Virginia, report a greater scarcity of tobacco plants than has ever been known for a number of years, those growing being rapidly destroyed by the tobacco fly. Farmers are so discouraged that in many instances ground prepared for tobacco is being planted with corn and peas. It is thought that no more than one-fourth of the usual crop of tobacco will be made this year. ? The Secretary of State of New York, has issued a proclamation to the Governors of the several States, calling ^upon them to appoint commissioners to the World's Fair to be held in New York in 1883. Two commissioners are to be appointed from each Ctoto nvoo r\f Mow V nrL- wliir?h Vinjj ft miifh larger representation, and in sixty days these commissioners will meet in New York for the purpose of organization. Several States have already taken action, and the movement is gaining support throughout the country. ? Freeman, the Adventist, who killed his child at Poeasset, Mass., about a year ago, was formally. recommitted to the Danvers (Mass.) Insane Asylum on Wednesday. During his confinement there he has gained teu pounds, aud is in excellent physical health. He is generally cheerful and hopeful, but is disinclined to talk on matters personal to himself. He maintains that he is not insane. He makes himself useful in domestic work about the ward. His deportment is perfect, and iiis influence upon the other patients with whom he is brought in contact is good. ?A Chinese funeral took place at Belleville, N. J., one day last week. As the body was borne into the Chinese quarters "show money," consisting of pieces of brown paper, hpnriiior Chinese characters, was scattered. A pan with buruing incense was placed at the head of the body in the hearse. An earthen jar was placed in a hole at the foot of the grave, and candies and nuts thrown into it. When the hole had been filled up, a plate with meat and chicken was placed over it. Near by were chop sticks, a bowl of rice and a bowl of tea. The grave was partially suj; rounded by burning tapers, and tea was poured over it. ? Gen. Grant was formally received at the Ptate House in Spriugfield, III., on Wednesday of last week. In the course of his remarks he said : "In my travels through our country, I am happy to say I thought I saw signs of returning prosperity in the section we were lately in conflict with, and with prosperity a returning love for the flag that floats on the side of that platform. That is what we desire, certainly ; that there shall be no sectional feeling; that there shall be a substantial Union feeling in every section of the country, and no matter what was the public position of the parties nineteen years ago, they should all feel that now they have a common interest in a common country, and are protected by the same flag, and, if necessary, should fight for it, too." ? From the present indications it is confidently expected by the commissioners of emigration, that the influx of foreigners landing at New York this yearwill be much greater than has ever been known before. Since the 1st of January, 81,114 immigrants have arrived, and the estimate for the year, based upon a knowledge of the movement in other countries, put the number to arrive in 1880 at 400,000. What has started this enormous rush it is extremely difficult to understand. That one fourth of those who have come this year should have been trom starving ireiana seems natural; but even a greater number have come from Germany, where there is no cry of famine, and many thousands more who are manifestly well-to-do farmers from England, Holland, Norway, Sweden and Den m ark. ? The ways and means committee have adopted Representative Tucker's tariff bill ! and ordered it to be favorably reported to | the House. It reduces the duty on wood I pulp from 20 to 10 per cent, ad valorem ; i jute butts from 8G to S3 per ton ; uumanufac- j tured flax and all other fibres or fibrous ma terial for manufacture of paper from 820 j and 825 to the uniform rate of 810 per ton ;; sized.paper from 25 to 20 per cent.; unsized ; book or news paper from 20 to 15 per cent.;' manufactures of paper, or of which paper is a component part, not otherwise provided for, | from 35 to 25 per cent.; plows, barrows, spades, shovels, hoes and other like articles,, of which iron or steel is a component material, used for agricultural mining or mechanical i purposes, from 35 to 25 per cent, ad valorem ;1 salt was stricken from the bill entire, the j duty therefore remaining twelve cents per hundred in bulk. ? J. W. Weaver, in the Raleigh (N. C.) News, vouches for the truth of the following singular story: Mrs. Martha Smith,1 of Chatham, reports a remarkable case of j suspended animation, burial and resurrection, | in the person of a married lady of that county who possessed a gold watch and finger j rings which she often expressed a desire to kave buried with her whenever she was dead, j Finally she was taken ill and life seemed to i gradually eW> away until her attending phys-i icians pronouaced life extinct. At her burial her previously expressed desires were com- j plied with, and on the secoud night after her ! interment, a white man and negro went to I the grave and exhumed her for the purpose of obtaining her jewelry. As they took the jid off the cofliti and the darkey began pull ing off the ring from her finger, she raised up. At this both men took fright and ran away. Finally the negro went back and she asked him what be wanted. He told her he wanted her ruigs and the white man wanted her watch. She requested to see the white man, whom the darkey soon found and brought to her. She requested him to go home with her. He done so, and when she reached the door she knocked. Her hus band opened the door, but fainted when he saw her, thinking it was his dead wife's ghost. Mrs. Smith says the body is now living and bids fair to attain a good old age, and that she visits and is visited by her friends frequently. ???ii hmmmmm?mmmmmmm????? ?lte |j0rMlr (Sntqutm. YORKVILTETS. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 13. 1880. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 4th, a number of bills were introduced and referred, among them one by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, providing that the President of the Senate shall submit to the Senate and House, when assembled to count the votes for Fresideut and Vice President, all packages purporting to contain electoral votes. The Spofford-Kellogg contested case was resumed and continued until the hour of adjournment. In the House, Mr. Reagan, from the committee on commerce, reported the river and harbor appropriation bill, and it was ordered printed and recommitted. It contains about 500 items, and aggregates 88,000,000. The following are amounts recommended for rivers and harbors in South Carolina : Ashley river, 81,000; Great Pedee river, 87,000; Waccamaw river, up to Conwayboro, 89,000; Sullivan's Island, 85,000; Charleston, 8125,000. The President's veto of the immediate deficiency appropriation bill (in reference to the appointment by the courts of U. S. Marshals equally from both political parties,) was received and read, and referred to the com mittee on appropriations, the bill to lie on the table. The effect of leaving the bill on the table is merely to postpone its consideration until the Hous6 sees fit to call it up. The consideration of the bill amending the internal revenue laws was resumed, and the bill, with sundry amendments, passed. The remainder of the session was devoted to the post office appropriation bill. The session of the Senate on the 5th was devoted maiuly to the debate on the District of Columbia appropriation bill. In the House, a bill appropriating 8250,000 for carrying on he Government printing fi.mn 1 trao .? nr a a rvQOOOrl Ulliuc* lur LUC UUI l Cli y U9Lai jcai line ^uo?vu. The postoffice appropriation bill was discusssed without action. An evening session was held for the purpose of considering the bill establishing a municipal code for the District of Columbia. In the Senate on the 6th, Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, submitted a resolution providing a rule for counting the Presidential electoral vote. Mr. Bayard introduced a bill providing for the compensation of U. S. Marshals. Both bilIs were referred to appropriate committees. In the House, committees on Indian affairs reported, after which the post office approprition bill was discussed until adjournment. In the Senate on the 7th, the SpoffordKellogg resolutions were discussed until adjournment, and when the Senate adjourned it adjourned until Monday. In the House, the post office appropiation bill, as amended, was passed. Among the amendments agreed to is one as follows : "All Star routes shall be relet after thirty days advertisement, as now provided by law, on the first of October, 1880, on which the pay for the expedition of schedules ordered during the fiscal years of 1379 and 1880 shall exceed fifty per cent of the contract price before such expedition; provided that this proviso shall not prevail when the present contractor desires to continue the contract as reduced." The aggregate appropriations for the mail service for the fiscal year amount to 88,490,000. In the House on the 3th, after a number of private bills had been acted upon, Mr. Smith, of Georgia, from the committee on patents, reported a bill to amend the patent laws, which bill was placed on the calendar. It provides that any person who introduces from a foreign country any secret art, invention or process useful and important to the public, and not patented there, and at the time of application not understood in this country, may, upon du*e proceedings, obtain a patent therefor; and any art, invention or process that has been used or practiced unpatented for 50 years, exclusively in the country where obtained, shall be deemed secret in the meaning of this act. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The barrooms in the town of Lancaster ' were closed last week, and will remain closed j for a year at least. ? The Grand Jury of Orangeburg county have fixed the price of liquor licenses outside of town at twelve hundred dollars. ? The News says that the Piedmont Manufacturing Company of Greenville, within the last six months, has cleared 886,000. ? The Cheraw and Wadesboro Railroad is now completed, laid with steel rails, to Ben-! nott'a Station sevpn miles from Wftdesboro. i ? General Gary has been invited to make J the annual address before the literary societies of Furman University at the commence-I ment which takes place in June. Ira B. Jones, Esq., of Lancaster, has ac-' cepted an invitation to deliver the medal ora-' tion before the literary societies of Erskine College, Due West, at their celebration, which comes off in June. ? In Sumter county, a negro who had three ! children sick with whooping cough, and be ing told by one of his colored acquaintances j that a tea of the root of the cow itch vine would cure them, he prepared and adrainis tered the remedy. In fifteen minutes two of the children were dead, and the other has been very ill ever since; but at last accounts the symptoms were favorable to his recovery. ? The following delegates to the Demo-j cratic State Convention have been elected from Greenville county: E. H. Fuller, J, W. j Gary, A. C. Garlington, W. C. Cleveland, G. W. Sullivan. They were instructed to ! oppose the nomination of State officers by the approaching Convention; but should the Convention decide to make nominations, in that event the delegates were authorized to co-operate. The delegates were instructed to support Hagood for Governor. ? The Democrats of Lancaster county have elected the following delegates to the State 1 Convention : J. B. Erwin, B. F. Miller, T. F. Clyburn. Gen. John B. Erwin was unanimously re-elected county chairman. The delegates were instructed to use their influence to postpone the nomination of candidates for State offices until such time as the general farming interests of the State will not be interfered with by the early opening of the campaign. The mode of nominating county officers?whether by a convention or by a primary election?is to be determined in the several townships by ballot. ? The seventh annual meeting of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Honor of the United States, commenced in Charleston on Tuesday last. A large number of delegates are in attendance from all sections. The Order is reported to be in a flourishing condition, and its growth is truly wonderful. It was organized in Louisville, Kentucky, on the 30th of June, 1873?seven years ago?with, a nucleus of seventeen members. It now has 2,184 lodges, 607 of which have been organized during the last year, with a numerical strength of 8D,UUl>, and during the last year has paid $1,101,000 to the widows and orphans of deceased brothers. ? A meeting of the State Board of Examiners was held at the office of the Superintendent of Education, in Columbia, on Tuesday of last week. Maj. Hugh S. Thomson, Superintendent of Education, Charles Petty, of Spartanburg; Rev. J. E. Dunlap, of Marion ; and H. P. Archer, of Charleston, were present. Rev. Thos. Gilbert, was appointed an examiner for York county, in place of Rev. L. H. Wilson, who has left the county. The board decided to establish a normal institute at Spartanburg duriug the coming summer. The buildings of Wofford College have been teudered for the use of the institute. As the tuition will be free, and teachers of both sexes admitted, a large attendance is hoped for. The agent of the Peabody fuud will contribute to the expenses of the institute, and distinguished teachers from this and other States will constitute the faculty. Full information relative to board, traveling expenses and other matters of interest will be published by the superintendent of education. A resolution was also adopted recommending county boards in future to hold examinations for teachers on the first Friday in January of each year. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? In the municipal election at Charlotte on Mouday of last week, T. S. DeWolfe, Democrat, was elected Mayor, over Wm. Sloan, Republican, by a majority of 132. ? The Western Union Telegraph Company is constructing a line of telegraph between ? .1 iL _ n i? Uhariotte aim wnmingion, aiong me v/aronna Central Railroad. ? Col. Win. Johnston, of Charlotte, announces that he is a candidate before the nominating convention of his district for Congress. ? Mr. A. L. Watson, aged about sixty years, a citizen of Lexington, fell dead in the dining room of the Charlotte Hotel, in that city, on Friday last His death was caused by apoplexy. ? Carpet-bagger ex-Judge Tourgee, author of "A Fool's Errand," and recently editor of the Denver Times, will return to North Carolina and make his home in Greensboro. He is engaged on a new book?"Bricks Without Straw." ? On Thursday last, a party of picnicers went from Raleigh to a pond about five miles from the city. Two young gentlemen and a lady of the party went on the pond in a small boat, which was capsized, and the two young men were drowned in their efforts to save the lady. Assistance from the bank reached the lady barely in time to save her life. ? Ou Friday last, Heory Home, colored, convicted of burglary at the Spring term of Meckleuburg Superior Court, was hanged in Charlotte, The execution took place in the jail, and was strictly private, only about 36 persons having been admitted to witness it. The condemned man confessed his guilt of the crime of which he was convicted. ? In the Superior Court of Cleveland county, last week, J. B. Baxter, who was convicted at the last term of the court of stealing money from the Southern Express Company at King's Mountain, and sentenced to three years, but took an appeal to the Supreme court, was re sentenced, the decision of the lower court having been affirmed. A negro named Jeffries, tried for the murder of another negro, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged in July. ? The attempt to have a State Convention of the Greenback party in Greensboro, on Wednesday of last week, was a complete failure. Arrangements had been made with all the railroads for special rates of fare to delegates, and the hotels and boarding houses were warned to make preparations for a large crowd; but when the time arrived, only five delegates were on hand. The hall, rented for the occasion, was not used?the "business" of the convention being transacted in secret session in a room of one of the hotels. POLITICAL *NEWS. ? Seuator Beck, ex Chief Justice Lindsey, Governor Blackburn, and other prominent Iventuckians. are onDosed to the nomination of Mr. Tilden. ? The New Jersey Republican Convention expressed a preference for Blaine, but resolved to stand by the nominee of the Republican National Convention. ? Of the delegates elected by the Wisconsin Republican Convention to the Chicago Convention, 9 are for Washhurne, 7 for Blaine, 3 for Sherman, and 1 for Grant. ? The Tennessee Republican Convention nominated Alvin S. Hawkins, of Carroll, for Governor. They were silent on the third term question, but recommend for nomination for Vice-President Hon. Horace Maynard. ? The New Hampshire Republican Convention adopted a resolution expressing the opinion that Blaine is the man for the times, but left the delegation to Chicago uninstructed. ? The Mississippi Republican Convention sends delegates to Chicago uninstructed. It is understood that the delegation stands as follows ; 6 for Sherman, 5 for Blaine, 5 for Grant. ? The Delaware Republican Convention manifested a preference for Blaine, though resolutions were finally adopted authorizing delegates to Chicago to vote according to their sense of individual right. ? The Republican Congressional Convention of the first district of Florida was in session at Tallahassee last Saturday. The convention failed to make a nomination for Congress, for which it was ostensibly called; but passed resolutions strongly recommending Grant and Settle for the Presidential ticket. ? The anti Grant Republicans of Kentucky held a meeting last week in Bouisyijle, which was largely attended. Many prominent Republicans from different sections of the Sfate 1 were present. Delegates were appointed to , the National anti Grant Convention held in St. Loujs on Thursday.. ? Ah the Cincinnati convention does not occur until the 22nd of June, most of the Pen}-' ocratic State conventions have been appointed for that month. Some of these areas follows: South Carolina, June 1; Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, June 9; North Carolina and Kentucky, June 17. ? In the Senate of the New York Assembly last Friday, Mr. Jacobs, Democrat, introduced a resolution declaring the sense of that body that no person should be considered eligible for the office of President for a third term. After an animated discussion, 'it was tabled by a vote of 18 to 7. ? A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at Winchester, Va., on the 5th, for the purpose of reuuiting the Democracy of the State, which has recently been divided on the question of adjusting the indebtedness of the | State. Speeches were made by Senator Voori i n i..? i : t. ??? uccs ciuu vjruiuuu, iiuu Oiner pruiuiiicui# gcutleraen. ? Thurman, of Ohio, is still the most popular candidate for President among the Demoocrats of his own State. Eighty seven of the eighty eight counties have elected delegates to the Democratic State Convention. Of these eighty-one are solid for him and six scattering. The State Democratic Convention of Ohio, last Thursday, adopted a resolution endorsing Thurman for the Presidency. ? The Maryland Pepublican Convention adopted, by a vote of 81 to 14, a resolutiou instructing the delegates from that State to the Chicago Convention to use all honorable means to secure the nomination of Hon. James G. Blaine for President. A resolution expressing unalterable opposition to the nomination for the Presidency of any person for the third term, was laid on the table by a vote of 81 to 27. ? The Baltimore Sun says that the Grant managers about Washington are somewhat worried at the unmistakable signs of revolt in both the New York and Pennsylvania delegations to Chicago. Although the effort has been made to keep it secret, it is known that a large minority of the Pennsylvania delega tion have signed a paper binding themselves under no circumstances to vote for Grant, not even on the first ballot. This destroys all hope of a solid vote from Pennsylvania for Grant. On top of this comes the news from New York that several of the leading members of the delegation to Chicago from that State have for a week past been proclaiming around the New York hotels that they are tired of wearing Conkling's collar, and that they do not intend to vote for Grant. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Methodist Church. \ ? At the session of General Conference of the Northern Methodist Church in Cincinnati, on Saturday last, the report of the commission on formal fraternity with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was read by Gen. Clinton B. Fisk. It recognizes the church South as a legitimate branch of the Methodist Church, and fixes rules for the determination of the ownership of church property which has been in dispute between the two bodies. Dr. Pierce, of Virginia, moved to consider so much of the report as related to a certain church in Virginia. This brought up the question whether the uviii ill tool u ii nau jUiiouiLiiuil u*cj tuc luaticii or whether its acts were subject to review by the Conference. After a long debate the vote was taken, and it was decided that the commission had final jurisdiction. The effect of this is to leave the door open for a reconciliation and reunion between, the Northern and Southern branches of the Methodist church. Catawba Hirer. Capt. C. B. Phillips of the United States engineer corps, has submitted a report in regard to his survey of the Catawba and other rivers in South Carolina, with the view to their navigation by steamboats. Commenting upon so much of the report as relates to Catawba river, Capt. Phillips says: "The total fall of the Catawba river from its source in McDowell county, N. C., to Old Fort, a distance of 140 miles, where it crosses the line into South Carolina, and where the examination began, is about 890 feet. The river is so obstructed by falls and rapids that navigation is confined solely to skiffs, which ply upon the pools of comparatively still water that are occasionally met with. After crossing the State line, the river, after flowing in o DAntKnrltr r)i i?n/tf urn fur u r^iof u non A f Iu a ouutiici ij uiicvtiuii iui a uiovttuvts vi 55 miles, changes its name at its junction with Wateree creek, to that of the Wateree river. The fall in the distance of 55 miles is about 325 feet. The portion of the Catawba river in South Carolina, while generally less rapid than in North Carolina, is only navigated by skiffs or flat-boats engaged only in pure local traffic. The Catawba has so great a fall that any attempt at improvement outside of a system of locks and tiaras would be entirely out of the question. The river from Old Fort, N. C., to the mouth of Wateree Creek, South Carolina, has a fall of over 1,200 feet in a distauce of about 195 miles, or about 6 feet to the mile. The country through which the Catawba flows is for the most part fertile, and on the upper river abounds in minerals. It would cost at least $50,000 per mile to provide a system of navigation by locks and dams. This rough estimate is none too large ; but a careful instrumental survey of the river would be necessary in order to prepare reliable estimates of the cost of such works as would be required for the improvement of this river, Capt. Phillips says be feels quite confident that the most zealous advocate of the improvement of the Catawba would hardly expect the General Government to undertake such a work at present, especially as the lower end of the river is nearly 300 miles from the sea via the Wateree and Santee rivers, (iden tically the same stream, though under cirferent names,) both of which would need improvement in order to carry the produce of the Catawba country to the ocean. The Baptists In Council. The Southern Baptist Convention assembled in Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday last. Organization was effected by j electing the following officers: President, Rev. ; Dr. Mell, of Geofgia ; Vice-Presidents, Governor Brown, of Georgia; Dr, Winkler, of Alabama; Governor Leslie, of Kentucky; and Dr. Yearaan, of Missouri; Secretaries Mr. Dobbs, of Kentucky, and Mr. Gregory, of South Carolina. The attendance is saii to be larger than ever before, probably not fewer than six hundred delegates, besides a great number of visitors. In the afternoon session the annual report of the board of foreign missions was preseuted by the secretary, Dr. Tupper, and the annual report of the home mission board by Dr. Mclutosh, The foreign mission report notices ffrst the death of Dr. Jeter in appropriate terms. It mentions the departure of several missionaries daring the year for stations in the heathan lands and in southern Europe. It: gives a full account of the work done in China, Africa, South America aud Italy, slewing the stations all to be in a prosperous condition. Thp spm of $5Q,00Q is represeuM as pbtaiped ancj djsbnrspcj in this work, The home mission report also is encouraging and hopeful in tone. A promising mission has been among the Chinese in California under the auspices of this board, and the work among the Indians has been faithfully prosecuted, as also the work of assisting destitute communities, in the older parts of the country. Some 820,010 has been collected and ussd, and the indebtedness, so long burdening the board, has been liquidated. The various sections ox these two reports were referred to appropriate committees. On Friday, Dr. Boyce adressed the Convention on the subject of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He anuounced the beginning of a special effort to raise 8150,000 in cash within twelve months, having a gift of 810,000 to start with, on condition that the Whole be obtained, and there was a good prospect of several other very large donations. He was followed by Dr. Broadus in a speech of characteristic impressiveness. A call was made for subscriptions, and more than 87,000 was at once given, three gentlemen contributing 81,000 each. In the afternoon the Rev. Dr. Morse, of the University of Indiana, and the Rev. Dr. Marston, of St. Louis, were introduced to the Convention. Dr. Morse especially made an able address, expressive of warm fraternal sentiment on the part of the Northern Baptists from whom these gentlemen came as appointed messengers. A resolution looking to the abolishment of the two existing boards, and the formation of a single board, to have charge of all mission work at home and in foreign lands, was referred to a committee of one from each State. Saturday was occupied with the reports of committees and speeches on thtf various subjects presented. Among the speakers were Dr. Tvrchenor, of Alabama, on missions in China; Dr. McDonald, of Richmond, on Af rican missions; Drs. Wharton and Broadus on a resolution commending Dr. Tupper's new book on the history of foreign nii-sions of the Southern Baptists, and Dr. Chainbliss, of Charleston, on the mission of the Chinese in California. A resolution was adopted inviting the central committees of thn Woman's Missionary Societies in the several Slates to report their work annually through the two Knarfla rtf fkn nAmrnnfiAn A n anitnfltosl Hll* kA/ai UO \Jl blic WllVOIIblUUi li.U WIIIUIWWW MIV cussiou arose on this resolution, iu which the Rev. Mr. Stout and the Rev. Mr. Strickland, of South Carolina, took part advocating the measure. The resolutions passed almost unanimously. The committee on the resolution proposing to consolidate the two boards of the convention reported adversely, and the report was adopted. The committee on time and place of next meeting recommended Columbus, Miss., the usual time, and Dr. Landrum of Savannah, as the preacher of the introductory sermon. The report was adopt ed. On Saturday night theconvenlion adjourned in the usual form sine die. - For the Yorkville Enquirer. COUNTY NOMINATIONS. Mr. Editor : The communications lately in the Enquirer in reference to the advisability of the adoption of the primary or convention system of nominating candidates for the next ensuing election in this county, has increased the interest and comment in regard to the same. As the discussion and determination of the' matter this year will no doubt sftttle the sys tern of nominations in the future, besides the immediate importance involved in the selection of one plau or the other, it is proper that the question be discussed. In doing so I will only briefly state the priucipal objections commonly urged against each by their respective adherents, and then an opinion can be formed as to which has the balance of weight in its favor. The conventionere claim that their principal, and almost only objection, to the primary system, ia-that it might produce a division in, and destroy the harmony of the party, occasioned by the excitement and ill feeling of the friends of the respective candidates for nominations, and that the effect of this breach would be dangerous to the success of the party in the general election. The primaries reply that this objection is visionary?that it does not in reality exist? and never has been or never will be carried out. That the excitement and ill feeling alleged to result from the heat of a campaign for nominating candidates would not produce a division in the party, or chill the enthusiasm and efforts of the defeated candidate or his adherents in behalf of the party afterwards, because it would not only be fruitless, but bring political death to the defeated candidates ever afterwards to oppose or not assist the nominee, after the understanding and agreement in-the race, that he should, if defeated, abide by and support the nomination. That it would be ingratitude, and a form of independence, that would merit and meet the rebuke and execration of the people. This point has been satisfactorily determined by the history of proceedings in other counties of the State, where the primary system has been in use, and where candidates for nominations have always supported their successful opponents. In behalf of the adoption of the primary system of election, it is briefly and successfully urged, first, that the different township clubs, in electing delegates to the convention, are never composed of a full representation and vote of the people entitled to vote and residing in the township. For a full representation of the will of the people, expressed through delegates to a convention, there certainly should be a full vote of said people in the township clubs, in electing those delegates to the convention. The club -elections are generally quietly and quickly conducted, and the time of holding the same unknown. Secondly, that the conventions, composed of these delegates, are governed and controlled by combinations aud cliques in making nominations, viz.: By delegates of certain townships of one portion of the county, uniting and agreeing with those of another, to elect certain candidates, representing said portions of the county, regardless of their general capabilities to fill the office, or taking the general wishes of the majority of the people into consideration. Thirdly. That voters prefer to "individually" cast their own votes for the different nominees in preference to having them cast by delegates in a convention as their "representatives" or "proxies" in nominating can *V>o* aftor ooiH rmminnt.intlB are made j uiua l/VO | IftlUb MIIVA um?V4 wvaiiB?Mv*vM? ?- ? ? ? j in convention, the voters of the party are in! variably bound to vote for them in the genj eral election, and hence these "representa| tives" are virtually the "electors" of the peoi pie of the county. j In other words, the people are the "princi: pals" and prefer to act for themselves at a ' primary system of election, instead of through j "agents" in a convention. That this system is a higher and more complete exercise of the elective franchise. | Fourthly. That under the primary system of nominations, the merits of a oandidate for office are before the whole people, and subjected to the test of the crucible, and not smothered or patched up in a convention. After taking all of these matters into consideration, the balance of the soales would seem to lean with the primaries. These objections as aforesaid have been visible and of common occurrence for some time past. Finally. The adoption of the primary or convention system of nominations could easily be settled by a vote of the majority of the township clubs, after full notice of the time fpr the meeting of these township clubs for said purpose being fljed aqd published by the Executive Committee of the county, After report from the different clubs the Executive Committee could declare the result. ' Civis. 11 LOCAL A77AIBS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS* Bennett AMoffatt, Chester?No Doubt About It J. M. Adams?Stoves Repaired?More Rags. Hunter A Oates?Millinery Goods, Ac. Notice. Fannie L. Dobson?The Emporium of Fashion. Withers Adickes?More Gooa Things To Eat. H. F. Adickes, Jr.?Stocks Complete. W. M. Walker, D. S.?Notice. Adickes A Colcock?Fresh Arrival. T. M. Dobson?The New York House. Herndon Bros.?Su mrner? Drinkables?Lemons. B. T. Wheeler?Wagons. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-SherifiTs Sale. James Gordon?Estray Mule. THE CHESTER PICNICER8. Our streets were enlivened last Friday afternoon by the arrival of the Chester excursionists, who gave a picnic dinner at Philadelphia church, four miles below town, after which they extended their trip to this place, and spent a couple or more hours mingling with their friends. our clubbIng rates. To clubs of three 01 more names, entered on our books and paid for at the same time, the P.vatttdi?t> will Vui fnmialioH nna voar fnr JO. to each subscriber. Single subscriptions, $2.50 per annum in advance. All persons who subscribe for one year, between this date and the first of October next, will be entitled to a chance in our prize drawing. MAY HOP. The annual May p^rty and hop at King's Mountain Military School took place last Friday. A large number of invited guests partook of a splendid repast spread in the spacious mess-room of the school-building, and in the evening the young ladies and gentlemen assembled in the ball room, where the festivities were continued until a late hour. PKRSONAL MENTION. We were pleased to receive a call last Friday afternoon from Mr. T. W. Clawson, Jr., editor of the Chester Bulletin, who accompanied the excursionists from Chester to Yorkville. Itev. R. P. Johnson, Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, .and Messrs. A. Springs Withers and G. W. S. Hart as delegates, are in nffai^/1 !?/? fbn TliAonaon PonvOii. vimi icoiviij (ibwuiiuin^ uuo wm?vution in session this week. PICNIC AND'E^CURSION. There will be a picnic and excursion over the Chester and Lenoir Railroad from Yorkville to Gastonia, on Saturday next, under the management of Messrs. Frank Smith, H. H. Beard and Sam M. Grist. The train will leave Yorkville at ^7.30 A. M., and returning will leave Gastonia at 0.35 P. M. Ample arrangements will be made for all who may wish to avail themselves of the opportunity for a day's recreation, and a pleasant time is unanticipated. THE CROP PR08PECT. The wheat crop in this immediate section is not so promising as it was earlier in the spring, it having been attacked with rust in several localities. From present indications the crop will not be of average yield. Of course there are exceptional fields that promise well. Col. ri??i A ~ ~ 1^4. v^uwitiu hob it Lvvu-acie tut oujujiiuig vuo uoirison, sown in a variety known as "Rustproof," which shows no indications of blight, and promises a yield of 35 or 40 bushels per acre. The oat crop is promising. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Services will be held in the churches as folio ws: Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector being in attendance upon the Diocesan Convention at Charleston this week, will not be able to officiate in the church at Rock Hill next Sunday, according to regular appointment. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church in the forenoon, and in the Church at Yorkville, at 7$ P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. In consequence of the abI senee of the Dastor. there will be no service in this church next Sunday. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock, P. M. Presbyterian?Services at 104 A. M., and 8 P. M., by Rev. T. R. English.* TOWN ELECTION. In the municipal election last Monday, the question of license or 110 license to bar-rooms was the issue. The license ticket bore the names of Col. W. H. McCorkle for Intendant, and for Wardens, J. R. Gardner, J. R. Schorb, Edward Wheeler and Robert Wright. The anti-license ticket bore tne following names: For Intendant, John J. Hunter; for Wardens, Frank Ilapperfield, George H. O'Leary, Allen White and Albert Smarr. The vote stood as follows: LICENSE TICKET. W. H. McCorkle, 150 J. R. Gardner, 150 J. R. Schorb, 154 Edward Wheeler,..! 136 Robert Wright, 136 ANTI-LICENSE TICKET. John J. Hunter 105 Frank Happerfield, 118 George H. O'Leary, 112 Allen White, 100 Albert Smarr, 08 Scattering, 2 CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. We are gratified to learn that the prospects of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad are now very encouraging. Under difficulties which have seemed almost insurmountable, Mr. W. Holmes Hardin, as President of the company, has successfully m, naged the affairs or tne road for the past two years, gaining the confidence of the public by his prudent course, and convincing even those who doubted his wisdom, that sometimes "haste can be made slowly." At the most trying period in the history of the road, he was looked to as the proper man in whose hands to place its management, and at much personal inconvenience and sacrifice of private business, he yielded to the solicitations of those having the ultimate success of the enterprise at heart, and consented to assume the onerous and responsible duties thus devolved upon him. The degree of success which has crowned his efforts is visible on every hand. His cautious methods have inspired confidence in those immediately interested in the success of the enterprise, and attracted the attention of capitalists abroad. "We learn that quite recently assurances have been given by moneyed men that if the road shall be continued under its present management, they will furnish the necessary financial aid to complete it from Dallas to Lincolnton, and that, too, without unnecessary delay. This is a matter of importaliee to the stockholders in both States in which the road runs, and we hope they will give the suject that consideration it demands. KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL. The various committees of the Association, organized to arrange for celebrating in becoming manner the remarkable battle at King's Mountain, held one of their most important meetings, at Spartanburg, on Wednesday, the 5th instant. The meeting was quite a full one, consisting of representatives from Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, all of whom manifested a degree of enthusiasm in the work they have undertaken that gives assurance of complete success. The committee appointed to correspond with the orator elected at a previous meeting?Col. John W. Daniels, of Lynchburg, Va.?announced that he had accepted the distinguished duty imposed on him. Col. Daniels is one of the most brilliant men of the "Old Commonwealth," and his reputation as an orator gives the promise of an effort that will take high rank among the classics of the English language. The chairman of the committee on ways and means, reported that perfect titles to the land covering the site of the battlefield and amounting to 39? acres, had been secured by purchase and vested in the Governors of the two Carolinas and certain members of the association, as trustees, The report of the committee on monument was then taken up, and after full discussion, one of the designs submitted was unanimously adopted, and the committee instructed to ad-' All the clubs were represented, 38 delegates, enrolled and a harmonious meeting was held. The question of making nominations by the primary or convention mode was postponed until a future time. Quite a number of our people went to Bethesda Presbyterian church, in York county, last Sunday. Rev. J. L. Girardeau, of Charleston, assisted in the communion services. On the same evening he preached in the Presbyterian church at this plan** to a large and attentive congregation. T ie colored people, who are much attached to this distinguished divine, turned out in considerable numbers to hear him. Mr. B. F. Smith, of Maine, but more recently of Florida, is now here looking around with a view of locating in Chester for himself and others. Dr. A. D. Davega is having the front of bis store building repainted, which adds greatly to the appearance of Main street. Mr. John J. Gibson left last week for Mississippi, on a visit to relatives, whom he has not seen for twenty-four years. Our county is a musical one. There are seven brass bands within its limits. Without vertise forthwith forbids aud to begin the construction without delay. The design adopted i consists of a series of square prisms, one above another, with differing height aud dimensions?the last having an altitude of about twenty feet. On the top of this is placed a figure in bronze , of heroic size, representing the frontier rifleman of the period, in the act of reloading his flint-lock rifle. The bent brow, expanded nostril, the stern, scornful, compressi ed mouth, and the action and energy of the | poise, fitly symbolize the spirit that wrested I victory from discipline and bayonets on King's Mountain one hundred years ago. The whole monument, when completed, will be about thirty-five feet in height, and will be plainly visible from King's Mountain Station and other points of the Air-Line Railroad. A res- i olution was adopted inviting the Grand Master of South Carolina, assisted by the Grand Masters of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, to lay the corner-stone of the monument with appropriate Masonic ceremonies as soon as the foundation can be properly prepared. This will probably be done on the 23d of June. What say our friends of Cleveland and upper York to a picnic or barbecue on that occasion 9 It would be a pleasant foretaste of the august ceremonies of the 7th of October. Resolutions were also unanimously adopted thanking the C. & A. Air-Line and the Chester & Lenoir N. G. Railroads, for courtesies extended to the members of the Association ; and to the citizens of Spartanburg, whose hearty hospitality claimed them as guests. The next meeting will be held in Charlotte at 10 A. M., on the 22nd of June, at which time and place the eoiimissioners appointed by the Governors of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, will assemble, and the details of the coming event will be more fully developed. ?? ??? HERE MENTION. u,. Jefferson Davis is now in New York,Superintending the publication of his "History of the War." Mr. Key having accepted the appointment of United States Judge for the middle district of Tennessee, will resign as Postmaster General on the 30th of June next. About $250,000 has been invested * in Orange county, Georgia, by new gettlers within the past twelve months.*; At 12 o'clock last Friday night the reign of the Moffett bell punch in Virginia came to an end. It was not a success, It now seems probable that Congress will adjourn about the 1st of June, both Democrats and Republicans appearing to be well agreed upon this time. "When a South Carolina man can string j together a lot of words that don't mean A anything, they call him a poet"?Bottom jl PosL In Boston they call him a philoso- II pher.? Courier Journal. The Superior jfl Court of Fulton connty, Ga, has refused I a nan. miipdoror ftf PftI a LICIT lildl IAS WA | VUW uiuivivivi v? x/v?? Alston. He will go to the penitentiary for life. Near Bradford, Pa., last Friday, an oil weil was set on fire, and a village in the oil region, consisting of about a hundred houses, was entirely destroyed. The fire spread over a territory twelve miles in extent and destroyed property to the amount of $300,000. The Spanish authorities at Madrid have been notified by the Governor-General of Cuba that a conspiracy has been discovered in one of the central provinces of the island. Forty-two of the principal promotom of the intended movement have been arrested, and tbey will be immediately tried by court martial. Among the probable successors of Postmaster General Key, the names of Herechel V. Johnson, Joshua Hill and Gen. Longstreet, ^ of Georgia, and ex-Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, are meutioned. The iron works, ten in number, situated around Rome, Ga., are now in full blast. The workmen, most of whom are northerners, employed in the moulding room of a Chattanooga foundry, struck and discontinued work last week, because a negro "helper" had been promoted to the grade of a moulder in the same foundry. A fire in Danville, Va., last Sunday morning, destroyed 250,000 pounds of leaf tobacco and a number of warehouses. The insurance on the destroyed property amounts to $29,500, though the loss is considerably in excess of that amount The New York Assembly has voted in favor of biennial sessions of the Legislature. "It has leaked out that Col. Fred Grant is in favor of a third term for his father George B. Roberts has been elected President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compauy, in place of Col. Thomas A. Scott, resigned In the Northern Methodist Conference, in session at Cincinnati last week, a number of petitions were referred asking that women be licensed to preach, and that they be ordained as deacons. , Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C., May 11.?The farmers of this county are now busily engaged planting their crops. The cotton is nearly all planted and a good deal or it is already up. iar. John K. Coleman has a patch in town which has been worked over once. The picnic season having arrived, the Baptist Sunday-school of this place made an excursion to Philadelphia Church, on the C. & L. Railroad, lasl; Friday. A splendid dinner was spread and a pleasant time spent. In the afternoon the party visited Yorkville, four miles beyond the picnic grounds, and spen* several hours very agreeably in the pleasant 4 town. All returned in the evening delighted J with the trip. About $15 or $20 was roal- | ized above expenses, which sum will be ap-' AM plied to the Sunday-school fund. #|l The County Democratic Convention met here last Saturday, Maj. Julius Mills, County Chairman, presiding. Hon. J. J. Hemphill was elected chairman of the meeting and made a very forcible address on taking the chair. An election of delegates to the State Convention resulted as follows: Gfen. W. A. Walker, Dr. L. S. Douglass, Col. John 8. Wilson, and R. A. Love, Esq. The delegates were instructed to advocate the two-thirds rule in voting on State nominations. The following gent emen compose the county executive committee for the next two years ; E. T. Atkinson, R. T. Mockbee, W. R. Davie, F. T. Gibson, Dr. 8. M. Wylie, S. J. Lewis, J. H. Hardin, S. Banks Thompson, J. C. McAfee, O. A. Wylie and Dr. E. M. Atkinson. On motion, Maj. Julius Mills was added to the committee.